Crime Rates at Westgate Street, London, E8 3RL

Westgate Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Haggerston , and the 179th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Westgate Street (E8 3RL) in the last 12 months was 86.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.9% lower than the Haggerston average (124.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westgate Street (E8 3RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mare Street, where police recorded 250 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.